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Meaning of well-meaningness | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

The state, quality, or condition of being well-meaning.

uncountable

Examples

“Some spirited brilliancy, some persistent generosity (other than the guzzle's flash of it), might soften him; something sweeter than the slow animal well-meaningness his placable brethren point his attention to.”
“And in the face of the general proposition that nothing can be used aright until its purpose is known, the man who uses anything at all without such knowledge is acting blindly. He may mean well, but well-meaningness is not a substitute for knowledge of purpose.”
“He is certainly aware to a certain extent that some of what is being “accounted” is slanted in the general direction of American “well-meaningness.””

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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